MACNA experience

[reefkoi]

we'll I am here, pretty incredible event. I have wanted to go to one of these forever! Its very humid and hot down here the westin is great, the mall is huge i dont even want to start walking around it, I might get lost.
Last night I met up with Kip Tani from Ft Collins, and we hung out with Anthony Calfo for a while. Anthony is very popular, I got to see a copy of his new magazine very cool, it is high quality with really nice photos and tons of text. I will get a copy if I can for everyone to see. I got to sneak into the trade show last night with Anthony, saw a Tunze wavebox in action, very cool the fish swayed back and forth it was the most realistic movement I have seen yet. I also saw the new LED reef lighting in action lighting a couple small endless edge reef tanks, the tanks overflow the sides down to a catch basin on all sides, very unique. '
Anyway I am taking the camera down this morning and am gonna take tons of pice, I'm thinking I can do a slide show on the big screen at the Oct. meeting. I'll try to post a couple pis on here tonight also.
Chris

 

[calvin415]

Chris, I'm so jealous!!! I can't wait to hear all about it!!!

 

[racer69]

Slide show sounds great Chris. This next meeting is going to be exciting with all the things going on.

 

[reefkoi]

this is so awesome, I've learned so much just from the vendors, I'm taking a quick break gotta go take pics and gather materials for the meeting
hop on a plane and come down here, this is the coolest thing ever!
Chris
BTW I was just chatting with Julian, did I mention this place is cool?

 

[murfman]

I want a wave box!

 

[calvin415]

Chris maybe you should just shut up until you get back, you're making me depressed that I'm stuck in a cubile right now while you're off having the time of a lifetime... j/k Take lots of pics, and I hope your camera has a video setting!!!

 

[reefkoi]

yeah it sucks to be me I will look at the video setting on the camera, I'm just trying to take lots of photos, and I will ask Julian about the transcript, I just figured I'd wait till after he gives the talk tomorrow.
Chris

 

[COreefer]

Don't forget to put out the feelers for guest speakers while your down there!

 

[reefkoi]

eric, anthony says for the club to join masna, its cheap, and then you can communicate with other clubs, ask how and who they hired to speak. I talked with the folks at MASNA they say that you can find out everything about speakers, prices, the airport closest to them, schedules, everything. I have the paperwork.
Paul, the wavebox can be bought for $429 instead of the usual $504 from Premium Aquatics free shipping. They are running a special and will have them in stock next week just mention you got the flyer at MACNA
I picked up the first issue of Anthony Calfos new magazine, I am trying to get all the brochures and info from vendors so everyone can see at the meet. Oh yeah and I got a new book dedicated to Tridacna clams!!!!!!!!!!!! just released today at the show it looks sweet.
Saw some very nice MH fixtures, very $$$ but virtually no heat coming off them, LEDS were cool, but not very bright IMO, some neat modular light systems. Tons of controllers, all had nice blue LCD displays, some as cheap as $250 with the ability to control lights, chiller, ph everything for the same money as a medusa controller! One vendor is supposed to have hundreds of rare SPS arriving tonight from Germany, for sale tomorrow, says there will be stuff I have never seen before. So far I have only bought one coral, I think its an echino, its red with green centers, very cool.
I'll report back tomorow I will spend the whole day listening to speakers and gathering more stuff and free T-shirts.

 

[reefkoi]

Well its all over with for me, I fly out tomorrow eve. I bought 5 corals a purple digitata, a super bright pink digitata, a really nice pocillipora, a really nice green and blue acro, and a combo rock with a red and a green echino I believe, I will gave to have some of you that know more about SPS than me identify it! I dont have the camera link to upload with me. Julians talk on nanos was cool, the part about a single coral in a jar stuck on a windowsill was cool, talk about a nano! no filtration, just change some water every 2 days! I'll have all the pictures sorted out and explain more at the Oct. meet (shameful plug)
Chris

 

[Angel*Fish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8207015#post8207015 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefkoi
Well its all over with for me, I fly out tomorrow eve. I bought 5 corals a purple digitata, a super bright pink digitata, a really nice pocillipora, a really nice green and blue acro, and a combo rock with a red and a green echino I believe, I will gave to have some of you that know more about SPS than me identify it! I dont have the camera link to upload with me. Julians talk on nanos was cool, the part about a single coral in a jar stuck on a windowsill was cool, talk about a nano! no filtration, just change some water every 2 days! I'll have all the pictures sorted out and explain more at the Oct. meet (shameful plug)
Chris

Glad you came! I live in Houston and this was my first MACNA - now I'm hooked!

Anyway your comment about the single coral in the jar...could you elaborate/ I missed that lecture this AM because they had the freeway blocked off :mad2: Did he discuss temp. issues? What type of coral?

 

[reefkoi]

He showed a picture of a cynadarina in a jar of about 1qt. it sat in the windowsill, one coral no rock no substrate. He changed some water each 2 days, the coral looked great, fully opened. He was doing some experiments based on the ecosphere sealed glass jars from back in the day, remember those? He even showed a large pickle type jar with some substrate, a really small dwarf seahorse and put a bunch of copepods into it, the seahorse lived for months, he only opened it after a couple months because the pods would not re-produce and he didnt want to starve the seahorse.
Chris

 

[Angel*Fish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8207909#post8207909 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefkoi
He showed a picture of a cynadarina in a jar of about 1qt. it sat in the windowsill, one coral no rock no substrate. He changed some water each 2 days, the coral looked great, fully opened. He was doing some experiments based on the ecosphere sealed glass jars from back in the day, remember those? He even showed a large pickle type jar with some substrate, a really small dwarf seahorse and put a bunch of copepods into it, the seahorse lived for months, he only opened it after a couple months because the pods would not re-produce and he didnt want to starve the seahorse.
Chris

Thanks for the summary & I do remember those - I guess they finally all died?-

Don't know if you're interested, but I posted a thread with results from the salt study, which you didn't get to stay for http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=936493

 

[reefkoi]

Well I used 1 bucket of IO when I started up my first tank, I hated the way it took so long to mix and become clear, so I never bought another one again! I wish I could have seen that presentation. I'd love to hear Eric give a talk.
Chris